Press Releases

Ministry of Data and Statistics

Apr 17,2026

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.679 million persons in March, which grew 172 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.6% in March, remaining the same year-on-year.

[Employed persons and employment to population ratio]
◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.795 million persons in March, which went up 206 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year.
◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 62.7% in March, up 0.2%p year-on-year.

[Unemployed persons and unemployment rate]
◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 884 thousand people in March, which decreased 35 thousand persons or 3.8% year-on-year.
◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.0% in March, down 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Economically inactive population]
◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.271 million people in March, increasing 69 thousand persons or 0.4% year-on-year.

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